Matthew 6: 25-34
"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Have you ever tried to tell someone something you knew was true, but they just wouldn't believe you? Being somewhat of an insufferable know-it-all by nature, this happens to me often. Why is it that everyone else feels like he or she has to try it first before it's accepted as truth? Why do children feel they all need to touch the hot stove after you tell them it's hot?
Then, I realized this is what we do to God on a daily basis. He says, "I will provide," and we stress out about where the money for the car repairs is going to come from. He says, "you're beautiful," and we pick apart our reflections in the mirror. He says, "I have a plan," and we go searching down every avenue to find out where we're going.
The thing about worry is, it takes the control from God and gives it back to us, the imperfect human. We don't deserve that control, but we sure do like to have it. Sometimes it's just a little too hard to trust Someone you can't see with your variables. Where am I going? What am I doing? These are common questions we all ask. The problem arises when we also think we have all the answers. Sometimes we have to learn how to jump in the passenger seat and let God take the wheel. (I feel like there was almost a country song reference there... glad we avoided that.)
